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Judge Orders OSHA to Release
Safety Data for U.S. Companies

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Nicholas Zamiska Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated Aug. 4, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge, in a move that would effectively rank companies by the rate of accidents in their workplaces, ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to release voluminous safety statistics for thousands of U.S. companies.

The agency currently tracks workplace injuries and lists of safety data, but despite requests by labor unions and safety advocates, it doesn't formally release injury and illness rates for specific work sites. Labor advocates have been able to compile piecemeal statistics...